"NET" CUSTODY BATTLES??

Yesterday, fellow bloggers left comments on my blog regarding Internet control and regulation.
"Fighting for custody of the NetCustody battles are always nasty. And from the looks of things, a recent proposal to shift control of the Internet to the U.N. will be no better." I never knew that the UN was actively working to gain the authority to govern the Internet. I did some research to learn more about this. I found that "the UN General Assembly Resolution 56/183 (21 December 2001) endorsed the holding of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in two phases. The first phase took place in Geneva hosted by the Government of Switzerland from 10 to 12 December 2003 and the second phase will take place in Tunis hosted by the Government of Tunisia, from 16 to 18 November 2005." WSIS has a detailed plan of action. A particular section of this plan claims that people are entitled to "confidence and security are among the main pillars of the Information Society" and specifically asks the UN to investigate how they can gain governance of the Internet. You can read this passage from the WSIS Plan of Action under Section C6 at http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs/geneva/official/poa.html.